WORLD (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

5:00 pm

Earthcaster
The film documents Thomas Sayre's evolution as an artist, and follows Sayre and his crew as they build two of his signature massive earthen sculptures. Working out of a repurposed warehouse in Raleigh, N.C, the internationally known sculptor and designer has been creating public art installations for decades in sites around the world. From Thailand to Turkey and in a number of U.S. cities, Sayre has been commissioned to reflect the distinctive identity and history of each place. "My artwork is also part of a larger spiritual pursuit of balance," Sayre explains. Through a process he calls "earthcasting," Sayre explores the differences between forms made by nature and those made by humans.G

6:00 pm

Cuba's Secret Side"Under The Radar"
Using a simple tourist visa, Karin Muller risks filming a documentary without government minders. She hitchhikes around Cuba for three months, sleeps in private homes, works with farmers and fishermen, and participates in festivals and religious ceremonies. She is arrested more than a dozen times but discovers a side of Cuba that few foreigners see. Part 1 of 2G

7:00 pm

Cuba's Secret Side"The Truth Revealed"
Adventure filmmaker and author Karin Muller hitchhiked around Cuba to meet the people living throughout the island on a person-to-person basis. Muller spends time with Adolpho, a tobacco farmer who had open-heart surgery a decade ago and still tends his fields, and Marco, who walks for miles each day, his operatic voice enticing villagers to buy his cilantro and hot peppers. Part 2 of 2G

8:00 pm

Earthcaster
The film documents Thomas Sayre's evolution as an artist, and follows Sayre and his crew as they build two of his signature massive earthen sculptures. Working out of a repurposed warehouse in Raleigh, N.C, the internationally known sculptor and designer has been creating public art installations for decades in sites around the world. From Thailand to Turkey and in a number of U.S. cities, Sayre has been commissioned to reflect the distinctive identity and history of each place. "My artwork is also part of a larger spiritual pursuit of balance," Sayre explains. Through a process he calls "earthcasting," Sayre explores the differences between forms made by nature and those made by humans.G

9:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Vanishing Idaho"
"A nobel season is a passin," says Idaho poet Sam Jackson; and throughthe films of George Oliver Smith, we glimpse a way of life that is vanishing all too quickly. A tour of Idaho's many barns -- once a symbol of prosperity and success -- remind us of the way things used to be. Jackson's poetry captures the joys and tribulations of the ranching lifestyle. George O. Smith has produced dozens of films, including "Folks Around Here Fly" and "Lost Hunter."G

9:30 pm

Dialogue"Author Lawrence Wright: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, talks with host Marcia Franklin. They also discuss his latest book, 13 Days in September.G

10:00 pm

Nature"Penguin Post Office"
Every summer, as staff members from a nearby post office in the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula put stamps on postcards, 3,000 gentoo penguins return from their fishing grounds to their breeding grounds, trek nearly two miles across sea ice and snow, rush to find a partner, build a nest, lay eggs and protect them from predators, and finally get down to the task of raising their young.G

11:00 pm

Cuba's Secret Side"Under The Radar"
Using a simple tourist visa, Karin Muller risks filming a documentary without government minders. She hitchhikes around Cuba for three months, sleeps in private homes, works with farmers and fishermen, and participates in festivals and religious ceremonies. She is arrested more than a dozen times but discovers a side of Cuba that few foreigners see. Part 1 of 2G